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Although not true, I always liked to think that taxes on my vehicle, fuel, and tolls paid for the infrastructure upon which I drive. I have no idea whether tho

by jdhzzz 12y ago

Although not true, I always liked to think that taxes on my vehicle, fuel, and tolls paid for the infrastructure upon which I drive. I have no idea whether those are sufficient, but I'll bet in my state they state of high taxes and crappy infrastructure they are more than enough.

tomkarlo 12y ago
Generally, the taxes and tolls levied on drivers only pay for ~50% of US road spending - the balance comes out of the general tax pool on both drivers and non-drivers, so it's (arguably) heavily subsidized. (But one could argue that non-drivers benefit from the road system in terms of things delivered to them by truck, etc.)
- antsar 12y ago
  > non-drivers benefit from the road system in terms of things delivered to them by truck Perhaps, but they pay a delivery company for that, which pays taxes for its trucks to use those roads.
  - vajrabum 12y ago
    Yes, once again, at about 50% of the cost of maintaining the provided road.